5:17 PM,
Apr. 20, 2013

Alan Harvey, the owner of Krazy Kans in Elmira Heights, sorts through a load of cans and bottles. Harvey open the recycling center last month after being laid off from Sikorsky Military Completion Center in Big Flats.

Written by

G. Jeffrey Aaron

When 35-year-old Alan Harvey started working at Sikorsky Military Completion Center in Big Flats three years ago, he was ready for a life on Easy Street - stable job, personable co-workers and a fat pay check.

But we all know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.

"When I got laid off, it was a real blow," Harvey said. "We had just bought our house and I'd just gotten promoted. But when the place closed, I knew I had to figure out something." ...